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Summary

Object

Michelangelo : Pietà wikidata:Q235242 reasonator:Q235242
Artist
Michelangelo (1475–1564) wikidata:Q5592 s:en:Author:Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni q:en:Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Alternative names
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Description Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet and inventor
Date of birth/death 6 March 1475 Edit this at Wikidata 18 February 1564 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Caprese Michelangelo Rome
Work period from 1487 until 1564
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1487-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Florence (1487–1494), Bologna (1494–1496), Rome (1496–1501), Florence (1501–1505), Rome (1505–1506), Florence (1506–1508), Rome (1508–1516), Florence (1516–September 1529), Venice (September 1529–November 1529), Florence (November 1529–1532), Rome (1532–1533), Florence (1533), Rome (November 1533), Florence (1533–August 1534), Rome (1534–1564)
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5592
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Pietà
label QS:Les,"La Piedad"
label QS:Lyue,"哀悼基督"
label QS:Lhu,"Pietà"
label QS:Leu,"Vatikanoko Pietà"
label QS:Lko,"피에타"
label QS:Lru,"Пьета"
label QS:Lvec,"Pietà vaticana"
label QS:Lcy,"Pietà"
label QS:Lga,"Pietà (Michelangelo)"
label QS:Len-gb,"Pietà"
label QS:Lhy,"Պիետա"
label QS:Lbg,"Пиета"
label QS:Lda,"Pietà"
label QS:Lro,"Pietà"
label QS:Lja,"ピエタ"
label QS:Len,"Pietà"
label QS:Lde,"Römische Pietà"
label QS:Lsv,"Pietà"
label QS:Lcv,"Пьета (Микеланджело)"
label QS:Luk,"П'єта"
label QS:Lla,"Pietas"
label QS:Lzh,"哀悼基督 (米开朗琪罗)"
label QS:Lhr,"Pietà"
label QS:Laz,"Pyeta"
label QS:Lfi,"Pietà"
label QS:Lhyw,"Փիեթա՛"
label QS:Leo,"Pietato"
label QS:Lcs,"Pieta"
label QS:Lta,"தாயும் சேயும்"
label QS:Lit,"Pietà vaticana"
label QS:Lbn,"পিয়েতা"
label QS:Lfr,"La Pietà"
label QS:Lnb,"Pietà"
label QS:Lbe-tarask,"П’ета"
label QS:Lnn,"Pietà"
label QS:Lth,"ปีเอตะ"
label QS:Let,"Pietà"
label QS:Ltr,"Pietà vaticana"
label QS:Lpt,"Pietà"
label QS:Lvi,"Đức Mẹ sầu bi"
label QS:Lmt,"Pietà"
label QS:Llv,"Pietà"
label QS:Lsl,"Pietà"
label QS:Llt,"Pieta"
label QS:Lzu,"Pietà"
label QS:Lfa,"ترحم"
label QS:Lpt-br,"Pietà"
label QS:Lsco,"Pietà"
label QS:Lid,"Patung Pieta"
label QS:Lpl,"Pietà watykańska"
label QS:Lml,"പ്യേത്താ"
label QS:Lnl,"Pietà van Michelangelo"
label QS:Lne,"माइकलएन्जेलोको पिएटा"
label QS:Lbs,"Pietà"
label QS:Lmk,"Пиета"
label QS:Lca,"Pietat"
label QS:Lgl,"Piedade"
label QS:Lar,"تمثال بيتتا"
label QS:Lel,"Πιετά του Μιχαήλ Άγγελου"
label QS:Lhe,"פייטה"
Object type sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Genre group of sculptures Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Pietà Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people
Date circa Edit this at Wikidata
High Renaissance (1494–1527) Edit this at Wikidata
Medium quartz Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 174 cm (68.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata ; width: 195 cm (76.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata ; thickness: 69 cm (27.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+174U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+195U174728
dimensions QS:P2610,+69U174728
institution QS:P195,Q12512
Object location
41° 54′ 08″ N, 12° 27′ 12″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
References
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Photograph

Description
English: Pietà (1498–1499), by Michaelangelo. St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
Source Edited version of (cloned object out of background) Image:Michelangelo's Pieta 5450 cropncleaned.jpg )
Author Stanislav Traykov
This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: A refelection of a window (upper left corner), and the lower part of a cross above the statue were removed to improve the focus on the subject. . The original can be viewed here: Michelangelo's Pieta 5450.jpg : .

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Captions

Pietà (1498–1499), by Michaelangelo. St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

Pietà

coordinates of depicted place

41°54'7.99999"N, 12°27'11.99999"E

media type

image/jpeg